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OF A MEETING OF THE 



STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 



OF THE 



UNION REPUBLICAN PARTY OF GEOR&IA, 



HELD AT ATLANTA, 



Wednesday, November 24, 1869. 



ATLANTA, GEORGIA: 
PRINTED AT THE NEW ERA JOB OFFICE. 

1869. 



PROCEEDIISrG-S 



OF A MEETING OF THE 



STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE 



OF THE 



nmON EEPOBLICAN PARTY OF GEORlrlA, 



HELD AT ATLANTA, 



Wednesday, November 24, 1869. 



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ATLANTA, GEOKGIA : 

PEINTED AT THE NEW EKA JOB OFFICE. 
1869. 



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PROCEEDIZSTGS 



Rooms of the State Central Committee, ) 

Union Republican Party of Georgl\, >- 

Atlanta, Novembei' 24, 18G9. ) 

Pursuant to the call of Hon. Foster Blodgett, Chairman, 
dated November 5th, 1869, a meeting of the State Central 
Committee was held at the Capitol this 24th day of November. 

Twenty-two out of the thirty members were present, repre- 
senting every District in the State. 

The following is an extract from the minutes : 

The Committee on Resolutions reported the following, which 
were adopted : 

"Whereas, In consequence of persons inehgible to office un- 
der the Fourteenth Article of Amendment to the Constitu- 
tion of the United States having been unlawfully permitted to 
obtain seats in the Legislature of this State, elected under and 
by virtue of the authority of the Reconstruction Acts of Con- 
gress, the legislative power in this State has unlawfully and 
wrongfully fallen under the control of persons and of a party 
hostile to the policy of Congress and to the State govern- 
ments established thereunder ; and 

Whereas, This unlawfully acquired power has been exercised 
by the said persons and party in a revolutionary manner, by 
expelling from the organization a large number of regularly 
elected loyal members and seating in their stead, without an 
election, an equal number o& persons opposed to the policy 



4 PROCEEDINGS. 

and government established by Congress, thereby depriving 
a majority of the people of this State of their proper repre- 
sentation and preventing the enactment of laws for carrying 
out and making effective the policy of eqnal justice between all 
the citizens of the State, preventing the enactment of laws 
affording opportunities for the free and universal education of 
the childi'eu of the State in direct violation of the Constitution 
adopted by the vote of a large majority of the people, and laws 
authorizing and empowering proper officers to guarantee pro- 
tection to the person and property of all of our citizens, irre- 
spective of color or previous condition, and in this wise and 
generally nullifying and defeating the republican form of gov- 
ernment intended to have been established in this State; and 

Whereas, The Senate of the United States, through its 
Judiciary Committee, has had under consideration the evils of 
which we complain, and after careful examination has reported 
"that the Legislature violated the conditions upon which it 
was allowed to organize, by permitting disloyal persons to par- 
ticipate in the proceedings," and for this and other reasons set 
forth in the report has refused to admit the State to represen- 
tation; and 

Whebeas, The Reconstruction Committee of the House of 
Representatives having had the same subject under consider- 
ation, has, with great unanimity, arrived at similar conclusions; 
and 

Whereas, It is the earnest desire of the loyal men of this 
State, and of this Committee, that this State be restored to 
her proper relations with and under the government of the 
United States in accordance with the acts of Congress for that 
purpose, and in harmony with the letter and spirit of the 
Constitution of the State adopted by the people; and 

Whereas, We the members of the State Central Committee 
of the Republican party, this day assembled at the Capitol, 
having had ample notice of the meeting to be this day held, 
and having consulted freely and fully with the friends of the 
Government in our several Districts, feel assured that in our 
action we represent the unanimous voice of the party in this 
State: now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That we, as a committee, for ourselves and for the 
loyal people whom we represent, deeply deplore the present 



PROCEEDIN'GS. 5 

condition of our State, outlying, as it were, from the Union, 
and it is our earnest desire and prayer that the Congress of 
the United States will without delay take such action as may 
be necessary to enforce the reconstruction acts, and thereby' 
restore Georgia to her proper place, along side of our sister 
States, in full fellovv'ship with the Union under a "republican 
form of government." 

Resolved, That it is our opinion, and the opinion of those 
whom we represent, that the caiise of the troubles, misfortune 
•and oppression under which we now suffer, is directly traceable 
to the fact that the legislative branch of the government, at- 
tempted to be established here, has been usurped by the rep- 
resentatives of the rebel element who were allowed to tahe 
seats in our Legislatiire, in direct violation of the laws of the 
United States which were intended to exclude them. 

Resolved, That with our Legislature lawfully organized, laws 
would be enacted and provision made for their enforcement, 
v/hich would secure, not only to the highest, but to the humblest 
citizen of our State, free education and equal protection for 
person and property, the freedom to vote for the candidates of 
their choice, and safety in the expression of their political 
opinions, uuawed and undisturbed by the bullet, the bowie 
knife, or the lash in the hands of masked enemies of the Union, 
and insure the ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the 
Constitution of the United States. 

Resolved, That we re-aflirm the preamble and resolutions 
adopted by the Republican Convention of this State, held at the 
Capitol on the 5th day of March last, and respectfully recom- 
mend to the President of the United States, and t-o the Con- 
gress, that the members of the Legislature of this State, elected 
under the Reconstruction Acts, the term for which they were 
elected having not yet expired, shall be re-assembled under the 
authority of the United States, and that they may then be legally 
organized as a legislative body, by the exclusion therefrom of 
persons ineligible to hold office under the provisions of the 
Fourteenth Article of amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States, and that then and thereafter the State shall be 
admitted to representation in Congress. 

Resolved, That we have full confidence in the ability and 
patriotism of the President of the United States and his Cabi- 



6 PKOCEEDINGS. 

net, and that the National Administration has been marked by 

devotion to the gi'eat Republican principles of our party, and ' \ 

has given assurance to the country that the will of the people '.' 

shall at all times be recognized and enforced. ) 

Resolved, That the Forty-First Congress of the United States, | 

by its wise legislation, the acknowledged statesmanship of its I 

members, and its unyielding devotion to the public good, merits i 

our hearty commendation, and encourages the hope that its f 

future action will be such as to place the late rebellious States \ 
in harmonious and loyal relations to the Union of our fathers. ■ I 

Resolved, That the firm, wise and patriotic course pursued by ; 

General Alfred H. Terry, has aftbrded to the loyal men of this \ 

State all the protection and relief possible under our present ^ 
anomalous condition. ^ | 

Resolved, That the course of Governor Bullock, in adhering | 

to the great principles which were endorsed by his election, ':< 

unmoved by the persuasion, vilification and threats of our ^ 

opponents, challenges our admiration and meets the unqualified . 
approval of the loyal men of this State, and we commend Tiim 

and his recommendations to the favorable consideration of .v 

Congress. I 

******* 5 

Hon. Madison Davis offered the following preamble and res- 
lution, which was unanimously adopted : ♦ 

Whereas, A weekly paper in Georgia, claiming to be Ee- .• 
publican, has taken occasion of late to slander and abuse the '. 
Chairman of our Committee and to urge his resignation on 
the groimd of his persecution and prosecution by the most 
bitter and malignat rebels of our State ; be it 

Resolved, That we have now, as we have always had, the most 
unbounded confidence in the honor and integrity of Hon. Fos- 
ter Blodgett ; that we esteem him as a Republican true and 
tried, who has stood undaunted and unyielding amid the most 
violent storms of vituperation and abuse, and whose political 
career has been such as to distinguish him as one of the influ- 
ential and gallant leaders of the Republican party. 

J. Clarke Swayze offered the following resolution, vrhich was 
adopted : 

That the Secretary be instructed to transmit a copy of these 
resolutions to the President and Vice-President of the United 



TROCEEDINGS. ? 

'States, to each member of the Cabinet, to the Speaker of the 
House of Eepresentatives, to the Chairman of the Judiciary 
Committee of the Senate, to the Chairman of the Eeconstruc- 
tion Committee, to General Alfred H. Terry, commanding, and 
to his Excellency Eufus B. Bullock, Governor of Georgia. 

^ sjc * ^ :>; ■* * 

FOSTER BLODGETT, 

Chairman. 
J. R W. Johnston, 

Secretar3\ 



The proceedings of the Republican State Convention, held 
in Atlanta on the 5th day of March, 18G9, and referred to in 
the fourth resolution, are as follows : 

Atlanta, Ga., March 5th, 1869. 

Pursuant to a call of the State Central Committee, a Con- 
vention of the Union Republican Party of Georgia met in this 
city to-day, and was called to order at 10 o'clock, a. m., by Hon. 
Foster Blodgett, Chau-man of the Republican State Central 
Committee, who nominated Judge Jas. L. Dunning, of Fulton 
county, for temporary Chairman, and Col. P. M. Shiebley, of 
Floyd, for temporary Secretary. 

Judge Dunning, on taking the chair, called upon Rev. W. F. 
Bowers, of Hart county, who offered up a feeling and appro- 
priate prayer to Almighty God for His blessing upon the de- 
liberations of the Convention. 

On motion of Col. E. Hulbert. of Fulton, a committee of 
three — consisting of Col. E. Hulbert, James R. W. Johnston, 
Esq., of Newton, and Hon. Jeff. T. Long, of Bibb — was ap- 
pointed on credentials. 

On motion of Col. Jesse A. Glenn, of Whitfield, a committee 
of one for each Congressional District — consisting of Col. Jesse 
A. Glenn, Hon. J. W. O'Neal, of Lowndes, C. L. Jones, Esq., 
of Macon, J. E. "Webster, Esq., of Muscogee, Hon. George 



b PROCEEDINGS. 

Wallace, of Baldwin, Hon. E. Tweedy, of Richmond, and Hon. 
Madison Davis, of Clarke — was appointed on permanent or- 
ganization. 

During the absence of the Committees, the Convention was 
addressed by Hon. H. P. Farrow, in an eloquent and stirring 
sijeech, followed by Hon. J. E. Blount, of Stewart. 

The Committee on Credentials reported one hundred and 
four counties represented by two hundred and thirty-eight 
delegates. 

The Committee on Permanent Organization made the fol- 
lowing report : 

For President — Hon. Benj. Conley, President State Senate. 

For Vice-Presidents — Hon. E. L. McWhorter, Speaker House 
Representatives; Hon. H. P. Farrow, Attorney General; Hon. 
Madison Bell, Comptroller General; Hon. D. G. Cotting, Sec- 
retary of State; Hon. John B. Dickey, Senator 41st District; 
Hon. Walter Brock, Senator 38th District; Hon. F. O. Welch, 
Senator 10th District; Hon. John Harris, Senator 27th Dis- 
trict; Hon. A. Corbett, Senator 5th District; Hon. T. G. Camp- 
bell, Senator 2d District; Hon, Josiah Sherman, Senator 21st 
District; Hon. Joseph Adkins, Senator 19th District; Hon. A. 
M. Stringer, Senator 33d District; Hon. E. I. Higbee, Senator 
25th District; Hon. Thos. J. Speer, Senator 22d District; Hon. 
S. M. Colman, Senator 4th District; Hon. Wm. Markham, 
Fulton county; Hon. Jos. E. Blount, Stewart county; Hon. C. 
E. Broyles, Solicitor General; Hon. Nathan Gunells, Frankhn 
county; Col. Thos. M. Hogan, Muscogee county; Col. J. R. 
Griffin, Houston county. 

Secretaries — P. M. Shiebley, Esq., Floyd county; J. R. W. 
Johnston, Newton county; W. H. Watson, Fulton county: 
James Porter, Chatham county. 

On motion the report was adopted. 

On motion of Hon. Foster Blodgett, it was 

Resolved, That a committee of twenty-seven be appointed, 
for the purpose of presenting to the Convention resolutions of 
the wishes and feelings of the Republican Party of the State; 
and that all resolutions relating to such subject matter be re- 
ferred to said committee without debate. 

The Chair appointed the following gentlemen said commit- 
tee : Foster Blodgett, Chairman; J. W. O'Neal, S. A. Darnell, 



' PROCEEDINGS. 9 

Virgil HiUyer, J. M. Ellis, Madison Davis, T. J. Speer, E. Bel- 
cher, "W. B. Jones, J. H. McWborter, I. S. Clement, McW. 
Hungerford, A. H. Lee,- Wm. Markbam, Geo. P. Burnett, E. 
P. Lester, B. Ayer, P. H. Chambers, W. F. Bowers, T. G. 
Campbell, J. T. McCormick, E. V. Johnson, A. L. Harris, O. H. 
Walton, W. R. Bell, John H. Reese, H. T. Hitchcock. 

On motion of Hon. H. P. Farrow, that a committee of seven 
be appointed, of one from each Congressional District to nom- 
inate a State Central Committee, the Chair appointed 

1st District, Hon. P. B. Bedford, of Ware. 

2d District, Hon. J. E. Blount, Stewart. 

3d District, Hon. J. E. Maul, Muscogee. 
4th District, Hon. George Wallace, Baldwin. 
5th District, Hon. E. Tweedy, Richmond. 
6th District, Hon. G. W. Johnson, Towns. 
7th District, Hon. H. P. Farrow, Fulton. 
Hon. H. P. Farrow being appointed Chairman. 

The Committee on Resolutions, through their Chairman, 
Hon. Foster Blodgett, made the following report which was 
unanimously adopted by a rising vote, with great enthusiasm : 

Whekeas, In times of great public peril it is eminently wise 
and proper that the people should assemble together to devise 
means for their own relief ; and 

Wheeeas, Through the usurpations of an unlawfully organ- 
ized bod}^, claiming to be the General Assembly of Georgia, 
the personal, civil and political rights, and the liberties and 
property of the loyal masses are in the hands and at the mercy 
of their most unrelenting and unscrupulous enemies; and 

Whereas, The loss of Ufe by Republicans who have fallen by 
the hads of violence in this State within the last year is fright- 
fiil, and the fact that it remains unredressed before the courts 
of the country, is disgraceful to civilization; and 

Whereas, The loyal people throughout the State have as- 
sembled in their respective counties and selected delegates to 
represent them on this occasion ; and 

Whereas, We, their delegates, so selected, and here assem- 
bled, are fully satisfied that the gross outrages to which we 
and those we represent have been and are now being subjected, 
are instigated and perpetrated on account of our loyalty to 
the Government of the United States, our adherence to the 



10 PEOCEEDINGS. 

principles of the Union Eepublican Party, and the earnest 
support which we have given to the reconstriiction pohey of 
Congress; and 

Whereas, By reason of the usurpation of the unlawfully or- 
ganized General Assembly of this State, we are denied and 
debarred ft.*om such representation therein, as would secure 
the enactment of laws for our protection in the enjoyment and 
exercise of the privileges guaranteed to us by the Constitution, 
and are compelled to call upon the Congress, and the Presi- 
dent of the Nation, to secure to us by appropriate legislation, 
and the faithful execution thereof, those rights, privileges and 
immunities so dear to the American citizen; and, to the end 
that our grievance and our desires shall neither be misrepre- 
sented by the few who, for selfish purposes, have assumed to 
speak for us, nor misconstrued by the great mass of the rebels, 
who are opposed to us, we the rejoresentatives of the loyal ele- 
ment of our body politic — the Union Eepublican Party of 
Georgia — now in Convention assembled do hereby most sol- 
emnly declare — 

1. That we have cheerfully contributed our time, our labor 
and our property, at the risk of our lives, to carry out success- 
fully the reconstruction policy of Congress — believing that 
thereby we would secure for ourselves, our wives, and our 
children, the blessings of personal and political liberty, and 
equal civil and political rights, guarded and protected by a 
State Goverment under the control of loyal men. 

2. That we regard as the two gi-eat fundamental objects of 
the Congressional policy of reconstruction — first, the exclusion 
from office, and consequent exclusion from poHtical power, of 
a certain class of those who had been engaged in rebellion 
against the United States, and second, the full enfi-anchise- 
raent of the colored race, thereby increasing the strength of 
the loyal element of the body politic. 

3. That the action of the organization known as the Gen- 
eral Assembly of this State, whereby a large number of mem- 
bers who had sworn to support the Constitution of the United 
States, and afterwards gave "aid and comfort" to its enemies, 
were alloAved to retain seats in that body in violation and defi- 
ance of the act of Congress fixing the terms upon which the 
State should be restored to representation, was not only illegal 



PROCEEDINGS. 11 

and a vv'illful failure to comply with those terms, but was a 
flagrant nullification of one of the fundamental objects of the 
whole reconstruction policy of Congress. 

4. That the said General Assembly has exercised the power 
thus unlawfully acquired to expel from their body a large num- 
ber of members in violation of the Constitution, upon the 
pretext of their ineligibility on account of color, and to seat in 
their places an equal number of those who oppose the govern- 
ment, and have thus violated the other fundamental object of 
the reconstruction policy of Congress. 

5. That as evidence of this action having been taken under 
a mere pretext, we have the universal denunciation of the new 
Constitution by the entire rebel-democratic press and of all the 
democratic speakers of the State, at the time it was submitted 
to the people for adoption, which denunciation was based on 
the ground that the new Constitution secured to the negro 
every right, privilege and immunity enjoyed by the white man. 

6. That the State Government of Georgia is now practically 
as completely under the control of those who spurn the Gov- 
ernment of the United States, and the policy of Congress, as 
it was din-ing the rebellion or during the years 1865 and 1866; 
and the State cannot, therefore, be recognized as either legally 
or actualhj reconstructed. 

7. That these evils do not arise from any failure on the part 
of Congress in the enactment of its laws, but are directly at- 
tributable to the peculiar manner in which a compliance with 
those laws was evaded; and we, therefore, earnestly and ur- 
gently ask that Cogress will provide for a rigid enforcement 
thereof, under the authority of the United States, by a re-as- 
sembling of the persons elected to the General Assembly in 
April last, and the exclusion* from the organization of those 
who are ineligible under the law. 

S. That we do not desire, as falsely charged by our enemies, 
but on the contrary, are totally opposed to the remanding of 
our State to military government, and only ask such interfer- 
ence by the United States Government as may be necessary to 
a thorough and literal execution of that portion of the Eecon- 
struction Acts which should control the organization of the 
General Assembly. 

9. That with such a legislative body as was then elected, 



12 PROCEEDINGS. 

and would be thus organized, laws would be enacted and exe- 
cuted that would secui'e protection for the humblest citizen of 
the State, whether white or colored, in his person, his property, 
and in the expression of Union or Kepublicau sentiments, and 
the freedom to vote for the candidate of his choice, unmolested 
by the rebel-democratic rowdies who are now sanctioned and 
sustained by the responsible and respectable men of their 
party. 

10. That the only peaceful remedy for the evils which have 
resulted fi-om the numerous acts of usurpation of the present 
unlawful organization, known as the General Assembly of 
Georgia, is to be found in the action of the Congress of the 
United States, whereby we hope and believe that the action of 
said General Assembly, and its defiant and rebellious course 
will be rebuked, its organization disbanded ; and its usurpa- 
tions rendered void ; thereby vindicating the wisdom and effi- 
ciency of the Congressional policy of Reconstruction, and. 
deterring the rebellious spirit which still exists in the South, 
from a similar attempt to overthrow that policy in this or any 
other of the late rebel States. 

11. That when the Reconstruction Acts of Congress shall 
have been fully complied with, and Georgia shall have been 
recognized as a State in the Union, we will demand for her 
every right now guaranteed to other States in the Union, and 
would deprecate any act of Congress looking to the control of 
the affairs of any one State, that would not equally apply to 
all the States. 

12. That we return thanks to Almighty God for the last 
great victory over rebellion which has been so lately achieved 
at the ballot-box in the election to the Presidency of the Na- 
tion of General Ulysses S. Grant, and to the Vice-Presidency 
of the Honorable Schuyler Colfax, whose patriotic services, 
political principles and piiblic pledges give ample guarantee 
that they will execute the will of the loyal people of the Uni- 
ted States, as represented by the laws of Congress, that we 
heartily endorse the admirable Inaugural Address of President 
Grant, and pledge his administration an earnest and honest 
support, having abiding faith in the patriotism and true states- 
manship of its peerless chief. 

13. That v/o repose the same confidence in the forty-first 



PROCEEDINGS. 13 

Congress that we have entertained for its patriotic predeces- 
sors. The hopes of the entire Union population of Georgia, 
in this, their hour of peril, ai-e centered in that body; and 
should Congress, under any misapprehension of facts, disap- 
point these hopes, we shall be reluctantly forced to the conclu- 
sion that all our sufferings have been in vain, and that there is 
no abiding place for the friends of liberty or loyalty in our 
much-loved State. 

14. That we regard the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con- 
stitution of the United States, proposed by a Republican Con- 
gress, as a measure of right and justice, and shall recommend 
its adoption when we have a Legislature that will, in good 
faith, provide for its enforcement. 

1.5. That we have unbounded confidence in his Excellency, 
Rufus B. Bullock, Governor of this State, who, while others 
have quailed before the storm of ostracism, persecution and 
abuse, has on all occasions been true to himself, true to loyalty, 
and true to the whole country; and we fully endorse and ap- 
prove the course of his Excellency in inviting the attention of 
Congress to the unlawful organization and revolutionary ac- 
tion of the body known as the General Assembly of Georgia ; 
and we pledge ourselves to the hearty support of his adminis- 
tration in the futiire as in the past. 

The Committee on nominating a State Central Committee, 
made the following report, through the Chairman, Hon. H. P. 
Farrow. 

For Chairman State Central Committee — Hon, Foster Blodgett, 
of Richmond. 

For Secretary — W. H. Watson, of Fulton. 

1st District— J. W. O'Neal, of Lowndes; T. G. Campbell, of 
Mcintosh; James Porter, of Chatham; C. H. Hopkins, of 
Chatham. 

2d District— R. H. Whitely, of Decatur; S. C. Jones, of Ma- 
con; Philip Joiner, of Dougherty; W. P. Pierce, of Dough- 
erty. 

3d District — Joel R. Griffin, of Houston; John T. Costin, of 
Talbot; J. G. Maul, of Muscogee; Wm. C. Lee, of Clayton. 

4th District — John Harris, of Newton; J. Clarke Swayze, of 
Bibb; Jeff. T. Long, of Bibb; George Wallace, of Baldwin. 

5th District — Benj. Conley, of Richmond; E. Tweedy, of 



14 PKOCEEDINGS. 

Kichmond; T. P. Beaird, of Richmond; W. H. Harrison, of 
Hancock. 

6th District — John A. Wimpey, of Lumpkin ; G. W. Johnson, 
of Towns; C. A. EUiiigton, of Gilmer; Madison Davis, of Clarke. 

7th District — E. Hulbert, of Fulton; Jas. L. Dunning, of 
Fulton; W. K. Harris, of Bartow; S. P. Gudger, of Whitfield. 

On motion the report was adopted and the Hon. H. P. Far- 
I'ow was added to the Committee and appointed Chairman 
pro tern, to act during the absence of the Chairman of the 
Committee. 

On motion of Capt. W. P. Pierce, of Dougherty, it was 

Resolved, Thet we recognize in the person of Brevet Briga- 
dier General C. C. Sibley a gallant soldier and consummate 
gentleman; and in behalf of the loyal people of this State, we 
earnestly thank him for the patriotic and efficient course he has 
ever pursued as the Assistant Commissioner of the Freedman's 
Bureau, and as military commander of the State of Georgia. 

On motion, the name of J. R. Lewis was included in the 
above resolution of thanks. 

On motion of Major A. H. Lee, of Newton, it was 

Resolved, That the thanks of the loyal men of Georgia are 
due, and are hereby extended, to the Hon. Foster Blodgett for 
his patriotic and efficient services as Chairman of the State 
Central Committee, and that we commend him as worthy of 
the confidence and esteem of loyal men everywhere. 

On motion of J. R. W. Johnston, the following was adopted : 

Resolved, That the Hon. Foster Blodgett, Col. P. M. Sheib- 
ley, Hon. H. P. Farrow, Hon. J. W. Clift, J. M. Simms, J. T. 
Costin, and H. M. Turner, are hereby appointed a committee 
to present copies of the proceedings of this Convention to the 
President and Vice-President of the United States, to the- 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Chairman of the 
Reconstruction Committee of the House of Representatives, 
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the Senate, and to 
both Houses of Congress, and to urge upon the members 
thereof the adoption of such measures as shall carry out the 
desires of this Convention, in securing to the people of this 
State a legal and loyal Legislature, thereby restoring Georgia 
to an equal position with the loyal States of the Union. 

On motion of Hon. Foster Blodgett, it was 



PBOCEEDINGS. 15- 

Resolved, That the proceedings of this Convention be pub- 
lished in the American Union, Atlanta Neiv Era, Augusta Press, 
and such other papers of this State as are willing to give their 
readers the views and feelings of their fellow-citizens; and 
that the Washington Chronicle, New York Tribune, New York 
Times, Cincinnati Gazette, and all other loyal papers be re- 
quested to give our views to the loyal people of the United 
States, by publishing our proceedings. 

On motion, the Convention adjourned sine die, with cheers 
for General Grant. 
(Official.) 

BENJ. CONLEY, President. 
P. M. Sheibley, 
Jas. R. W. Johnston, 
W. H. Watson, 
James Pobter, 

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